Cheese-cutter.



P.- L-AMBERTY. CHEESE CUTTER.

' APPLICATION FILED IULY 8.1914.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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i mvrrnn srarns .PATENT onnion FETER LAMBERTY, 0F SPRINGFIELD, OREG-ON.

CHEESE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedMrar. 14, 1.916.

Application led July 8, 1914. Serial N o. 849,810.

vice of thisl character which is cheap and simple, is strong and durable, which may be readily operated .and is not likely to get out of order.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanyingV drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. cheese cutter constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical trans' verse sectional view of the same.

The base 1 of my improved cheese cutter is of oblong rectangular form, is hollow and has upwardly convergingk end and side walls. On one side of the base at a point .about midway between its ends are a pair of spaced standards 2 between which a lever 3 is pivotally mounted the lever being provided with a cheese cutting knife or bladeli which is of such size as to cover one end of a Swiss cheese, when the latter is placed on the cutter.

A feed board orplatform 5 is arranged for longitudinal sliding movement on the base. The base is provided with a pair of interiorly arranged longitudinal spaced guide rods 6 and the feed board is provided on its under sidev with hangers 7 eachvof which is provided with a pair of grooved rollers 8, oneV of said rollers being arranged above one of the rods and the other below the same so that the said feed board is slidably connected to the said rods and the latter serve to guide the longitudinal move-V a pinion 10 formed with a series of diagonally disposed teeth andl adapted to1 engage the rack bar 8 of the feed boa-rd 4, and for moving the' feed board longitudi-A nally when the shaft is turned. Formed on the shaft toone side of Vtherpinion 10 is a clutch ll-, and formedon the shaft 9 to the opposite side of the pinionis a collar 122. interposed between the collar 12 and the hub ofthe gearing 10 is a spring 13, for retaining the gear inrmesh with the clutch.

By forming the teeth ofthe pinion 10 diag-- onally, the pinion ispermitted to move laterally and against the tensionof' theispring 13,fwhen the desiredamoun'tfof cheese has v been cut,A whereby the movement of the feed board 5 will notbe e'ected .when turned in one direction, but Vwill engage the rack of the feed board and move the latter forwardly when the pinion is turned in the dlrection indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2. The shaft 9 and base l have a co-acting gage device indicated by the reference character 11 and carried by the shaft is a handle 12, the gage serving to indicate the extent of longitudinal movement of the feed board when the latter isjoperated by the pinion and thus serving to predetermine the thickness. of the slices of cheese to be cut and the f lThese levers are prevented from any accidental downwardv swinging movement by the Contact thereof with a stop 14. i

In' the operation of my invention the cheese is kept on the feed board and withy its out end closely placed against the knife, the latter being normally down. When it is desired to cut a slice of cheese the knife is first raised, the pinion shaft is turned by Vits handle to the required extent to move the feed board'a distance corresponding to the desired thickness of the slice this being ascertained by observing the gage, and the knife is then moved downwardly across the `cheese by its lever 3, thus cutting ofi" a slice of cheese and leaving the knife close against` the cut end of the cheeseso as to protect it and prevent the same fromA drying.

Having thus described my invention, I claim l. In a cheese cutter, a base', a feed board. mounted for sliding movement on the base, said feed board having` a rack, al lever mounted at yone side of the base and having a blade or cutter movable by the lever downwardly and across the feed board, a shaft mounted in the base, a spring' pressed pinion on the shaft to engage the rack bar and the feed board, means to operate said` shaft, said pinion adapted to move laterally against the tension of the spring for disengaging the pinion: from .the racllafter-the cutting` operation of the cheese.

2. In acheese cutter, a base, a feedboard mounted for sliding'. movement on thebase, saidk feed board having a rack, a. lever mounted at one side of the base and having a blade or cutter movable by the lever down- Wardlyand across the feed board, a shaft mounted in the base, a Spring pressed pinion on the shaft to engage the rack bar .of theY feed board, means lto operate saidsliaftsaid FRANKA. DEPUE, H. F. PARSONS.

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